Global InformationMarlyse Hourtou information
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| Nationality | Chadian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1996[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marlyse Hourtou (born 29 July 1996) is a Chadian archer. She competed in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first athlete from Chad to contest the Olympic Games in the sport.[2] Hourtou was eliminated in the opening round by South Korea's An San and competed despite her single bow breaking during the course of the Games.[3]
Hourtou also competed in the recurve events at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. Entering the Games with a world ranking of 339, she won two bronze medals in the women's team and mixed team events.[1]
- ^ a b "COMPLETE RESULTS BOOKLET" (PDF). 2019 African Games. 27 August 2019. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Park, Ju-min (29 July 2021). Ken Ferris (ed.). "Archery-First archer from Chad feels 'no stress' despite loss". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Kalfa, David (29 July 2021). "Tokyo 2021: l'archère tchadienne Marlyse Hourtou est sortie de l'ombre" [Tokyo 2021: Chadian archer Marlyse Hourtou comes out of the shadows] (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 24 July 2022.